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title: Get ready for total joint replacement surgery with OrthoIndy’s comprehensive checklist for before and after your joint replacement.
description: Once you decide you want to have your knee or hip replaced, there are a lot of things to keep track of and remember to do—and, timing is important.
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## total joint replacement surgery

# Know what to expect before and after your joint replacement surgery

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Having joint replacement surgery?

Preparation before surgery is the key to a speedy recovery.

Once you decide you want to have your knee or hip replaced, there are a lot of things to keep track of and remember to do—and, timing is important.

To help you prepare and know more about what to expect, the doctors at OrthoIndy developed a comprehensive pre- and post-surgery checklist.

*This offer is part of the [Ultimate Guide to Total Joint Replacement Surgery.](https://www.orthoindy.com/guides/total-knee-replacement/)*

### Download the checklist.

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